About

Daniel E. Cummins, Esq. is an AV-Rated civil litigator with 20 years of experience in litigating and evaluating hundreds and hundreds of personal injury matters in Pennsylvania. Such matters include cases in the areas of auto law litigation, UM/UIM claims, insurance coverage questions, premises liability matters, and products liability claims.

Since 2012, Attorney Cummins has earned the highest AV rating by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. He has also been selected to appear in the national directory, Best Lawyers in America, every year since 2015.

Attorney Cummins is a cum laude graduate of Villanova University and earned his J.D. degree at the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He also spent part of his law school career studying at the Faculty of Laws at the University of London in England.

At the commencement of his career, Attorney Cummins served as a law clerk in the Pike County Court of Common Pleas, then presided over by the Honorable Harold A. Thomson, Jr., a jurist well-known for his ability to secure settlements in civil litigation matters. Attorney Cummins attended numerous settlement conferences over the course of his two-year clerkship, which was an invaluable experience. In addition to his own personal experience at hundreds of Mediations over the past 20 years as both a litigator or a Mediator, Attorney Cummins has also attended many continuing legal education courses focused on the development of skills and tools designed to foster ongoing negotiations and success at ADR proceedings.

Attorney Cummins prides himself on handling every Mediation in the most cost-efficient, prompt, and responsive manner possible. His excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills foster the timely and efficient resolution of cases in Mediation.

In addition to litigating and mediating cases, Mr. Cummins has also published many civil litigation and practice articles that have appeared in the Villanova Law Review, the Pennsylvania Law Weekly, the Pennsylvania Lawyer magazine, and various other publications. These articles have analyzed and predicted trends in civil litigation law and have also provided practice tips for fellow attorneys and claims professionals, including a number of articles on the topic of tips for success at Mediations and other ADR proceedings.

Cummins is also well-known as the sole creator and writer of the nationally recognized and award winning civil litigation blog, Tort Talk (www.TortTalk.com), which has been selected by the ABA Law Journal and LexisNexis as one of the Top 100 Law Blogs in the entire United States.

Attorney Cummins' online resume may be viewed at this LINK.

Resume and Fee Schedule are available upon request at dancummins@cumminslaw.net or 570-346-0745.

Attorney Cummins welcomes the opportunity to bring your case to a close through Mediation. Please call today to secure a Mediation date.